Wee8 Quiz

 

1.The four types of market structures we study in economics are perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopsony.

True

False

 

2. The long run is considered to be the period when a firm’s inputs are mainly variable and at least one input is fixed.

True

False

 

3.The government regulates a pure monopoly by setting price where AVC (average variable costs) = D (demand).

True

False

 

4.Monopolies, since no close substitutes nor competitors exist, can price whatever they want and still maximize total revenues.

True

False

 

5.As competition increases in markets, the demand curve for products becomes more price elastic and downward pressure on prices tends to ensue.

True

False

 

6. As an imperfect competitor produces more and more output, we can assume that eventually marginal costs will continue to rise and marginal revenues to fall.

TRUE

FALSE

7. Generally speaking, consumer surplus will be highest in a perfectly competitive market structure.

True

False

 

8.The point where imperfect competitors will price their products and earn the highest level of total revenues is at the midpoint of the demand curve where total revenues are highest on the total revenue curve.

True

False

 

In general, we can expect higher barriers of entry for a monopolistically competitive market structure than an oligopoly market structure.

True

False

 

10. Monopolistic competition would represent the market structure within which Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola firms operate.

True

False

 

11. The perfect competitor can produce as much as it wants or as little as it wants with no effects on market price whatsoever.

True

False

 

 

12. Oligopolies and monopolies attempt reduce output and raise price, thereby incurring overcapacity and waste to society.

True

False

 

13.Redistribution of income from wealthier individuals to lower-income individuals by government in the form of higher taxes and progressive tax systems actually tends to lower prosperity because it weakens the link between productive activity and the reward derived from it, encourages resources to flow into wasteful rent-seeking activities, as well as higher tax rates required to finance redistribution result in resources being devoted toward tax avoidance activities.

True

False

 

14. Decreasing the percentage tariff price on an imported good will result in greater market share for the foreign producer in the domestic country.

True

False

 

15.Which market structure can earn long-run economic profits?

a.

Perfect competition

b.

Monopolistic competition

c.

Oligopoly

d.

Monopoly

e.

c and d only

 

16. All firms produce where

a.

short-run profits are less than long-run profits

b.

average total costs are greater than marginal costs

c.

marginal revenues are greater than or equal to marginal costs

d.

marginal benefits are greater than marginal profits

 

17. A perfect competitor is a __________ and can earn economic profits ____________.

a.

price maker, never

b.

price maker, in both the short run and long run

c.

price taker, in only the short run

d.

price taker, in both the short run and long run

e.

price maker, in only the long run

 

18.The upward-sloping portion of a long-run average total cost curve is the result of

a.economies of scale.

b.diseconomies of scale.

c.diminishing returns.

d.the existence of fixed resources.

 

19. The law of diminishing marginal returns explains the general shape of the firm’s

a.

both short-run and long-run cost curves.

b.

the laws of diminishing returns has nothing to do with cost curves.

c.

short-run cost curves.

d.

long-run cost curves.

 

20. Which of the following labor resources will likely have the most inelastic supply schedule in the short run?

a.

construction laborers

b.

filling station attendants

c.

dentists

d.

sales clerks

 

21. If Congress suddenly passes legislation that required all U.S. workers to receive the same annual pay, we would expect

a.

less human capital investment.

b.

a shortage of workers to fill the least desirable jobs.

c.

a surplus of workers to fill the easy, desirable jobs.

d.

all of the above.

 

22. Economic profit

a.

does not exist in competitive markets.

b.

provides incentive for investors to undertake risky projects.

c.

motivates entrepreneurial innovation.

d.

does all of the above.

e.

is both b and c.

 

23.The demand curve of the perfect competitor is 

a.

downward sloping.

b.

upward sloping.

c.

perfectly inelastic.

d.

perfectly elastic.

24. An import tariff on an imported good will result in

a.

higher domestic consumer prices for that good.

b.

increased market share for the domestic producer.

c.

increased revenues for the domestic government. 

d.

deadweight losses to society.

e.

only a, b, and c.

f.

a, b, c, and d.

 

25. A nation benefits from international trade if it

a.

exports good for which it is a low opportunity cost producer. 

b.

imports more than it exports.

c.

exports more than it imports.

d.

imports goods for which it is a low opportunity cost producer.

Vaccinations

Discussion Prompt

Locate current evidence based literature discussing the pros and cons of vaccinations.  Include the controversy and how to approach a patient with inquires over the safeness of vaccination.

Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA from within the last 5 years

Other sources provided:

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/schedule-app.html

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/index.html

Foundations of Health Promotion

Discussion Prompt

Exploring the concepts of health: Why is the way an individual defines health and health problems important? What are the implications for nursing? Which theoretical model of health is of particularly interest to you? Why?

Citations: At least one high-level scholarly reference in APA from within the last 5 years

MICROSOFT ACCESS PROJECT

 ** MUST HAVE MICROSOFT ACCESS PROGRAM TO COMPLETE **

** MUST COMPLETE ALL STEPS AND THIS WILL BE DOUBLE CHECKED **

** SECOND IMAGE ATTACHED TO ASSIGNMENT IS WHAT FINISHED PRODUCT SHOULD LOOK LIKE **

  1. Download the Lesson 12 project file (ATTACHED) to a folder titled Lesson 12
  2. Extract the file to the same folder.
  3. Open the file in Access.
  4. Save your file as “Lesson12_Project1_MEID.accdb” where MEID is your MEID.

Project Directions

  1. Open the Macro Designer and create a stand-alone macro to automatically open the Lifetime Media Equipment table. 
  2. Select the following arguments:
    1. Table Name: Lifetime Media Equipment
    2. View: Datasheet (default)
    3. Date Mode: Edit (default)
  3. Save the Macro as ‘Open Name Objects’ where name is your first name (example: Open John’s Objects)
  4. Right-click the ‘Open Name Objects’ macro in the database and select Design View. 
  5. Add an OpenForm action and the following arguments:
    1. Form Name: Equipment Checkout Form
    2. View: Form(default)
    3. Window Mode: Normal (default)
  6. Save and close the Macro. 
  7. Right-click on the Equipment Assignments Report and open in Design View. The Property Sheet should also be on the right of your screen.  You will now create a macro to send a reminder to the user upon closing the report to send an email to the auditor each Friday. 
  8. Select ‘On Close’ from the Event list. 
  9. Use the Macro Builder to create an embed macro that will prompt the user to send an Equipment Assignment report to the auditor each Friday by displaying a Message Box. 
    1. In the Macro Builder, choose Message Box from the Actions drop-down menu.
    2. In the Message box type: ‘Send Report to Auditor each Friday’.
    3. Beep: Yes
    4. Type: Information
    5. Title: ‘Reminder’
  10. Save and close the macro. 
  11. You can test your macro by opening the Equipment Assignments report from the Navigation pane and then closing the report.  
  12. Open the Lifetime Media Equipment table if not already opened. You will be adding fields to indicate if a lost/damaged item needs to be replaced and a field indicating the replacement amount per item.  
  13. Add a field titled ‘ReplacementRequired’ and format the field as Short Text
  14. Add a field titled ‘ReplacementAmountPerItem’ and format the field as Currency.
  15. Create an event-driven data macro to calculate a 60% replacement amount when the ‘ReplacementRequired’ field has a value of “YES”.  Enter the arguments per the illustration below. If the ‘ReplacementRequired’ field has a value of “NO” the ‘ReplacementAmountPerItem’ field will remain empty. 
  16. If the ‘ReplacementRequired’ field = “YES” you will SetField ‘ReplacementAmountPerItem’ to be equal to 60% of the Per Unit Cost amount.  
  17. Save and Close the macro. 
  18. In the Lifetime Media Equipment table enter “YES” for ‘ReplacementRequired’ for records 2, 8, 9, 24, and 25. Enter “NO” for the rest.  
  19. In the Lifetime Media Equipment table, add the following 2 records:
    1. One DSLR HD Camera for Jones at a per unit cost of $875.00. Replacement will not be required.
    2. One Studio HD Camera for Bernard at a per unit cost of $1200.00. Replacement will be required.
  20. Note: The replacement amounts are automatically calculated. 
  21. Save and Close the Lifetime Media Equipment Table. 
  22. Open a new query in SQL View
  23. Type the following commands:
    1. SELECT [Employee Assigned To], [Item Name], [Quantity]
    2. FROM [Lifetime Media Equipment]
    3. WHERE [Per Unit Cost] >700
    4. ;
  24. Run the query.
  25. View your results in Datasheet View.
  26. Save the query with the title Items over $700 
  27. Close the Query
  28. Compact, repair, and save your database. 
  29. Submit the assignment based on the instructions provided in the lesson.